Many readers will have heard about the 7th Workers' Party Congress, convoked in early May of 2016 to elect a new Central Committee and to auger in the five year economic strategy (2016-2020).
This was the first Party Congress since 1980, when Kim Jong Il was publicly proclaimed Kim Il Sung’s successor – he’d actually been designated as such as far back as 1974.
Many readers will have heard about the 7th Workers' Party Congress, convoked in early May of 2016 to elect a new Central Committee and to auger in the five year economic strategy (2016-2020).
This was the first Party Congress since 1980, when Kim Jong Il was publicly proclaimed Kim Il Sung’s successor – he’d actually been designated as such as far back as 1974.
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Peter Ward is a research fellow at the Sejong Institute. His work focuses on North Korean politics, the economy and society. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna.
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